[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 92 (Monday, May 13, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27994-27995]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-11231]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-12882: PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains
and Associated Funerary Objects in the Control of the U.S. Department
of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office,
Santa Fe, NM; Correction
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; Correction.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land
Management, New Mexico State Office has corrected an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects published in a Notice of
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on February 21, 2001. This
notice corrects the minimum number of individuals and number of
associated funerary objects. Lineal descendants or representatives of
any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this
notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains
and associated funerary objects should submit a written request to the
Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office. If no additional
requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes,
or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in
support of the request to the Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico
State Office, at the address in this notice by June 12, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Signa Larralde, Deputy Preservation Officer and NAGPRA
Coordinator, Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office, 301
Dinosaur Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87508, telephone (505) 954-2179, email
slarrald@blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25
U.S.C. 3003, of the correction of an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects under the control of the Bureau of Land
Management, New Mexico State Office, Santa Fe, NM. The human remains
and associated funerary objects were removed from McKinley and Catron
Counties, NM.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native
American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals and number
of
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associated funerary objects published in a Notice of Inventory
Completion in the Federal Register (66 FR 11044-11045, February 21,
2001). A re-inventory and reassessment of collections resulted in the
discovery of additional human remains and additional associated
funerary objects from the sites listed in this notice. Some of the
associated funerary objects published in the original notice could not
be located. Finally, an Archaeological Resources Protection Act
investigation resulted in the confiscation and transfer of additional
human remains from the sites listed in this notice to the Bureau of
Land Management, New Mexico State Office. Transfer of control of the
items in this correction notice has not occurred.
Correction
In the Federal Register (66 FR 11044-11045, February 21, 2001),
paragraph 4, sentence 1 is corrected by substituting the following
sentence:
Between 1966 and 1967, human remains representing eight
individuals were recovered from site LA 8779 in New Mexico during
legally authorized excavations and collections conducted by the
Cottonwood Gulch Foundation.
In the Federal Register (66 FR 11044-11045, February 21, 2001),
paragraph 4, sentence 4 is corrected by substituting the following
sentence:
The 28 associated funerary objects are 20 ceramic sherds, two
gastropod shells, one duck effigy pot, one pottery pitcher fragment,
two ceramic bowls (one nearly whole whiteware bowl and one
reconstructed redware bowl), one ceramic ladle, and one lot of
burned cottonwood fragments. The jet bead and yucca cord fragments
previously inventoried could not be located.
In the Federal Register (66 FR 11044-11045, February 21, 2001),
insert the following paragraph after paragraph 4:
During the 1960s, human remains representing two individuals
were illegally removed from site LA 8779 during excavations by an
unauthorized collector. These remains were confiscated by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation in 2010 and their control
transferred to the Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State
Office. These human remains are currently curated at the Maxwell
Museum of Anthropology, University of New Mexico. No known
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects were
present.
In the Federal Register (66 FR 11044-11045, February 21, 2001),
paragraph 8, sentence 4 is corrected by substituting the following
sentence:
The 13 associated funerary objects are one pottery bowl, one
pottery pitcher, 10 olivella shell beads, and one projectile point.
In the Federal Register (66 FR 11044-11045, February 21, 2001),
paragraph 10, sentence 1 is corrected by substituting the following
sentence:
In 1987, human remains representing six individuals were
recovered from site LA 50364 in New Mexico during legally authorized
excavations and collections by Complete Archaeological Service
Associates.
In the Federal Register (66 FR 11044-11045, February 21, 2001),
paragraph 13, sentences 1 and 2 are corrected by substituting the
following sentences:
Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the New
Mexico State Office of the Bureau of Land Management have determined
that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above
represent the physical remains of 20 individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the New Mexico State Office of the Bureau of
Land Management also have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2
(d)(2), the 41 objects listed above are reasonably believed to have
been placed with or near individual human remains at the time of
death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in
support of the request to Signa Larralde, Deputy Preservation Officer
and NAGPRA Coordinator, Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State
Office, 301 Dinosaur Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87508, telephone (505) 954-
2179, email slarrald@blm.gov by June 12, 2013. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary objects to the Pueblo of Acoma,
New Mexico; the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico, may proceed.
The Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office, is
responsible for notifying the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Navajo Nation,
Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; and the Zuni Tribe of
the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico, that this notice has been published.
Dated: April 19, 2013.
Melanie O'Brien,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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